2013 Community Supported Agriculture Farms Index

Bialas Farms
74 Celery Avenue, New Hampton
(845) 374-6941; Bialasfarms.com
Runs from June to October. Vegetable-only CSA with large and small shares available weekly (18), and a half share available (9 biweekly). Offers a declining balance option where you pay in advance for your share of vegetables, but choose your own from the farmers market stands (locations in Goshen and Ringwood, New Jersey). Prepay customers get five percent veggie bonus.

Binnewater Farm Project
PO Box 166; Rosendale
(518) 945-8880
A wide-range of vegetables in a large number of varieties. Seasonal herbs and fruits.

Clove Valley CSA
81 Clove Valley Road, High Falls
(845) 687-0535; Clovevalleycsa.org
Offering a weekly share of vegetables, flowers, and herbs enough to feed a family. June to mid-November. Work parties, community potlucks, and workshops offered throughout the season.

Common Hands Farm CSA
388 Route 23B, Hudson
(518) 929-7544; Commonhandscsa.com
Organically-grown vegetables, fruits, and herbs using biodynamic and permaculture methods. Local CSA allows members to choose any 7 items they want. On-site farmstand with u-pick strawberries. Offers egg and meat shares with purchase of a vegetable share. Also delivers to Brooklyn.

Full Field Farm
18 Dorn Road, North Chatham
(518) 766-0155; Fullfieldfarm.com
A mixed-meat CSA, which includes pork, chicken, veal, and beef. Starting in May, each member will receive 10, 15, or 20 pounds of meat each month. Members can commit for one to 12 months. The longer the commitment, the lower the cost.

Hepworth Farms
506 South Rd, Milton
(845) 795-2007; Hepworthfarms.com
Certified organic, using a whole-farm-alive-system approach dedicated to sustainable agricultural practices growing hundreds of varieties of vegetables for wholesale. We sell to the public on Saturdays at the Heart of the Hudson Valley Farmers Market.

Hesperides Organica
397 Big Island Road, Warwick
(845) 216-1282; Hesperidesorganica.com
A variety of vegetables and herbs grown in the fertile Black Dirt region of Orange County. With convenient locations in Warwick, New Jersey and New York City.

Little Seed Garden
P.O. Box 195, Chatham
(518) 392-0063, Littleseedgardens.com
More than 50 types of vegetables and herbs; certified organic by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of NY. Offers a certified organic vegetable share from June to October. Pick ups at the farm in Chatham and in Rhinebeck.

Obercreek Farm
59 Marlorville Road, Hughsonville
(845) 337-1906; Obercreekfarm.com
Offering CSA shares grown by Hearty Roots Community Farm. Twenty-two week season running from June 5 to October 30. Weekly shares provide eight to 10 produce for a total of five to 20 pounds. Opportunities to pick flower, herbs, and other extras.

Old Ford Farm
Old Ford Road, New Paltz
(845) 220-7819
A variety of vegetables. The cost of the share is determined by the size of your household. At CSA distributions, members take as much produce as they need for their household, no limits—including extras for preserving. In addition, pasture-raised meats and eggs are sold at the farm store.

Pine Hill Farm
3298 State Rte 94, Chester
(845) 469-4197; Pinehillfarmvegetables.com
“Market Style” CSA offers full and half shares, and gives members the option to choose their produce and how much of their share value they want to spend. Unused shares at the end of the summer can be used in the fall for pumpkins, bulk items, and produce for canning and freezing.

Second Wind CSA at the Four Winds Farm
158 Marabac Road, Gardiner
(607) 216-5061; Secondwindcsa.com
Weekly full shares of NOFA-NY/USDA certified organic produce grown using long-standing no-till method. Optional egg shares from Old Ford Farm and flexible fruit shares during season. Pick up on-farm in Gardiner or at the Hudson Highlands Land Trust office in Garrison.

Taliaferro Farms
187 Plains Road, New Paltz
(845) 256-1592; Taliaferrofarms.com
Late May through early November. Offers 20 to 30 produces items set as units (i.e. eight cucumbers is one unit, six sweet peppers is one unit, etc.). Depending on the time of the harvest, choose between nine and 12 units at pickup.

Threshold Farm
16 Summit Street, Philmont
(518) 672-5509
Biodynamically grown tree fruit — peaches, pears, apples — available from mid August until December or later, depending on the season. We have 15 varieties of apples, including Cox Orange Pippin, Macoun, and Fuji. We also grow a whole range of vegetables.

Upstate Farms & Paisley Farm CSA
Route 9 on the County line of Dutchess, Columbia
845-756-3803; Upstatefarmsny.com
Members benefit from shares of fresh, local organic vegetables, fruits, cheese, eggs, and local pork. Shares every season. Spring/Summer shares run from June through October. Free pick your own flowers with your CSA pick-up.

Veritas Farms
32 Rousner Lane, New Paltz
(845) 384-6888; VeritasFarms.com
A wide variety of open pollinated and heirloom varieties of vegetables using organic methods. Working in conjunction with the Poughkeepsie Farm Project.

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